Christmas is tomorrow and for the first time in 10 years I decided to get some people stuff.

For those of you who've received something from me, I hope you like it. It's really not much and I wish I could do better but I need to be careful with spending as my finances are currently in limbo and I don't even know where my next job is coming from. Maybe next year I'll try to do something more.


And if you like what you got, I hope in the years to come you'll do the same for someone else. Maybe for some young and talented one who shows promise of growing into something really great. Someone who could benefit from what you gave them; someone who could use it as a small starting point to really great things. I've seen so many creative and talented people in Singapore lose the fire in their eyes as they became resigned to a life and career of mindless drone work because of the nature of the country - one that does not value people with different insights or viewpoints from the expected norm. You can do your part to make the future better.


And for me, all I want for Christmas is a new job.


Merry Christmas, people.




How to make good use of your deviantart premium account:


1. Configure your channels with your favorite keywords. And then, whenever you view the channels page ([link]), you see all the latest submissions for each of your keywords, on a single page. Your browsing speed will increase geometrically.

More details here: FAQ #45: What are Channels and how do I use them?

2. Make use of the recent visitor tracking. Add it to your page if you don't have it already. See who's scoping out your submissions, and check theirs too. You might discover nice stuff.

3. You can access archives. Stuff from way way back now. Add stuff you like to your favorites list before your membership expires, and you'll still have them later.

4. Your favorites page doesn't show ads anymore. Browsing is much easier now when everything is in a grid.

5. You can install a shoutbox if you want, but I think only deviantart users can shout there.

6. You can edit your journal's appearance. I don't use this as I think I've outgrown this sort of thing, but you may like it.

7. Post more stuff up. They say premium members get more views; I'm not sure what's the basis for them saying this, but if you don't post anyway you're wasting the membership.



I guess the most useful things are 1 and 2.

Wow. I finished editing all my photos within 4 days of attending the event.

Here's part 2 of the event report - 77 photos of the dealers' dolls now:

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